"Hahahaha!"
Laughter rang out in the alley, so loud that Konan covered her ears and looked at the man beside her in confusion.
River took the bamboo hat and gently placed it on his head. Only then did he rein in his smile and speak, his tone somewhere between serious and casual.
"So you figured it out, Konan!"
"Achieving that should have been fairly easy."
After a pause, River added with a playful grin.
"But wouldn't doing a few extra things make it more interesting?"
"Let's play along with them!"
Konan stopped in her tracks, her expression growing grave as deep confusion flashed in her eyes.
Interesting?
Play along with them?
Who were they?
And did he really think ruling the entire world was easy? No, no, no-the most important thing was that the man beside her had actually admitted it!
He really wanted to rule the entire world!!!
River kept walking with a faint smile on his face, the lowered brim of his bamboo hat partially concealing it.
Only after a long moment did Konan recover. She hurried after him, firing off questions with a grave expression.
"Hey, hey, hey, you're not joking, are you?"
Walking ahead of her, River replied with a smile, "What do you think?"
"I always thought you had that idea, but I never imagined it was true!"
"Besides, that's far too difficult! How could you possibly pull it off?"
Konan's expression kept shifting as she muttered away.
The two turned onto the main street and immediately caught the attention of Konoha's ANBU.
"Two people in strange clothes, acting suspiciously!"
"Should we question them?"
One of the ANBU asked.
"Question them about what?"
The other swept his gaze over River, then looked away as though nothing had happened.
"That's the head of the Namikaze Clan,